LONDON, ʻEnelani - E ulu nui ʻo Delta Air Lines i kona noho ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Heathrow ma Lākana i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai kāna hui pū ʻana me Virgin Atlantic ma hope o kēia makahiki. ʻO Heathrow ka huakaʻi ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua: ʻo nā mākeke hui transatlantic 10 kiʻekiʻe, 8 o lākou i London Heathrow. Manaʻo ʻo Delta lāua ʻo Virgin e hāʻawi pū i nā mokulele 21 i kēlā me kēia lā mai London Heathrow a i ʻAmelika ma ka hopena o 2013.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma Lākana Ed Bastian, ua ʻōlelo ka pelekikena o Delta: "ʻO London Heathrow ka wahi koʻikoʻi loa no ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana a ʻo ia ka mea hoʻoikaika ma hope o kā mākou hoʻoholo ʻana e hoʻokomo i ka Virgin Atlantic," Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia. ʻO kā mākou hui pū ʻana me Virgin e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻonui i ko mākou noho ʻana ma kēia kahua mokulele a hoʻonui iki i ke kahua me kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū, ʻoiai ke hāʻawi aku nei i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea hou aku i ke koho a me nā pōmaikaʻi.
Ma ka lā 31 Malaki, e hoʻomaka ʻo Delta i ke kolu o ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Heathrow a me Atlanta no ka huina o ʻeiwa mau mokulele nonstop i ʻelima mau kūlanakauhale US: New York-JFK, Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis-St Paul a me Boston. E pōmaikaʻi nā mea kūʻai mai kokoke i 30,000 mau noho pule i hāʻawi ʻia ma nā mokulele Delta ma waena o Heathrow a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia kauwela.
Eia kekahi, ua hana ʻo Delta i nā waiwai waiwai nui i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe no nā mea kūʻai aku e lele ana mai Heathrow, me:
Hāʻawi i nā noho moe paʻa piha ma nā lawelawe āpau ma waena o Heathrow a me US - ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,700 i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia pule i ʻelima mau kūlanakauhale US.
Ke hoʻolauna nei i ka Wi-Fi ma nā lawelawe transatlantic
Ke wehe nei i kahi $1.4billion Terminal 4 hou ma New York's JFK Airport i Mei o kēia makahiki, e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka ʻike mea kūʻai aku no JFK- Heathrow hiki mai a haʻalele.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “London Heathrow is the most important access point for corporate travellers and that was the driving force behind our decision to invest in Virgin Atlantic,” He added, “Given the constraints on growth at Heathrow, our partnership with Virgin will enable us to expand our presence at this airport and level the field a little with our competitors, while offering customers even more in terms of choice and benefits.
- Effective 31 March, Delta will launch a third daily service between Heathrow and Atlanta for a total of nine daily nonstop flights to five U.
- Delta and Virgin expect to jointly offer 21 daily flights from London Heathrow to the U.
